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HENRY Names CEO
Marshall
Henry, chairman of The HENRY Companies and last CEO, said “Our
organization started 75 years ago in Rocky Mount by my grandfather
C.S. Henry as a one-truck operation. Ours is a family business,
which has been sustained by continuously evolving and reinventing
itself over time as opportunities have come our way.”
C.S. Henry,
the man, never went to school or learned to read and write. Yet in
1931, even without formal education, he was able to get the ball
rolling as founder of a new business venture, He called it C.S.
Henry Transfer.
“My father,
M. Webster Henry, who succeeded his own to become second generation
owner and operator of the family enterprise, kept the little ball
rolling and growing in earnest following his return from the South
Pacific late in WW II where he gained experience as a young motor
transport officer in the Marines. In the ensuing years, he made his
mark not only as a local businessman but also as a recognized motor
carrier industry leader,
“I represent
the third generation,” said Marshall Henry. “Much has been written
about family businesses and how the third generation often
dissipates all that has gone before. Therefore, it has been a
special challenge to grow our business instead of seeing it washed
away in a flood or gone by the wayside from other circumstances.
“Before
Hurricane Floyd in September, 1999, having hauled freight for close
to 70 years, we had a chance to start a related venture as part of
HENRY. By the close of its first year, 1997, we had made it a
separate corporate entity, with the name Henry Dock Works, Inc.”
A year after
the Flood of Floyd ravaged much of Eastern North Carolina and Rocky
Mount, including its site and facilities, HENRY saw, for long-term
survival, the need to shed its interstate fleet, and sold its
trucking assets – trucks, some trailers, and customer accounts – to
EPES in Greensboro – in early 2001.
““At the same
time, we looked at our remaining assets, including our experience as
truckers. HENRY maintains an inventory of 100 van trailers for
rental as storage or use over-the-road. Even though the company no
longer operates a fleet of trucks long distance, HENRY is actively
increasing local, dedicated trucking and warehousing services close
to home.
HENRY’s
latest venture, Global Trade Works, provides inland transportation
for domestic and international cargo of various shapes and sizes.
Without a fleet of its own now, c.s.HENRY Transfer, Inc. uses other
carriers to pick up and deliver its customer loads, which move on
various types of equipment.
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